2021 DeKalb All-County Players
By Kelsey Prose
The DeKalb County football coaches met and finalized their All-County selections this week for the 2020 season. Fyffe’s senior Brody Dalton, a tight end/defensive back, was awarded the highest honor and was named the DeKalb Player of the Year. Teammates Fyffe senior Ike Rowell, quarterback/defensive back, was named offensive MVP, and Fyffe senior lineman Caleb Lyles was selected as defensive MVP. Fyffe finished their season 15-0 and won the Class 3A AHSAA State Championship and was represented on the all-county team by seniors Ty Bell (LB/FB), Malachi Mize (LB/WB), Eli Benefield (LB/FB), Justin Stiefel (TE/DB), Chase Wooten (OL/DL), Levi Carroll (OL/DL) and Jacob Mitchell and junior Kyle Dukes (RB/DE). Fyffe had junior Hunter Gillilan (TE/DB), junior Will Stephens (OLB), and sophomores Jake Wooden (OL/DL) and Brodie Hicks (RB/LB) all receive honorable mention.
Plainview (10-2) was represented by seniors Marcos Vega (FB/LB), Brody McCurdy (RB/DE), Jathan Underwood (RB/DB), Ethan Hope (OL/DL) and Bryson Richey (TE/LB), and juniors Noah White (QB/DB) and Mason Cooper (OL/DL). Plainview’s honorable mentions were senior Garrett Smith (OL/DE) and sophomores Andrew Hall (RB/DB), Brayden York (OL/DL), and Nathan Subias (OL/DL).
Valley Head’s selections were seniors Jordan Burt (QB/FS), Bryson Morgan (RB/LB), Luke Harrison (OL/DL), Hayden Fletcher (OL/DE), and Levi DeMarco (OL/DL), and sophomore Eian Bain (RB/DB).
Geraldine had seniors Garrett Barclay (T) and Anthony Baldwin (FB/CB), junior Caleb Benefield (T), and sophomore Caleb Hall (RB/DB) to make the list. Geraldine’s honorable mentions included senior Alexis Guiterrez (OG/DE), sophomores Tiffin Gillilan (TE/DE) and Will Jones (C/DT), and freshman Jaxon Colvin (WR/TE/S).
Sylvania’s all-county players included seniors Brayden Harris (LB) and Keenan Wilbanks (WR), junior Sawyer Hughes (WR), and sophomore Braiden Thomas (RB). The Ram’s honorable mentions were seniors Blake Phillips (DL) and Gareth Anderson (RB/DB) and juniors Brody Smith (QB), and Sidney Dekker (OL/DL).
Collinsville had seniors Blake Sparks (LB), Dalton Hughes (LB) and Malachi Orr (RB/LB) selected with honorable mentions as seniors Carmen Barkley (LB/TE), Bryant Patton (DL/OL) and Jacob Jones (DB/WR), with sophomore Keaton DeBoard (DB/WR).
Crossville’s all-county players were seniors Ernesto Lopez (FB/LB), Hunter Haston (LB), and Colton Adkins (DB). Honorable mentions for Crossville were seniors Harley Hicks (TE/LB), Alfonso Lopez (OL/DL), Chris Lopez (OL/DL), and junior Kolby Lesley (RB/DB).
Ider had juniors Matt Norman (QB/DB) and Jesse Massey (TE/LB), and sophomore Hunter Robinson (RB). Seniors Chase Flannigan (OL/DL), Ben Watkins (FB/LB), and sophomores Carson Lipham (FB/LB) and Luke Hannah (RB/LB) were honorable mentions.
Congratulations to all the teams and their selected all-county players!
